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The Dam Busters (1955)
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True story of how the British attacked German dams in WW2 by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective. Director:Michael AndersonWriters:Paul Brickhill (book), Guy Gibson (based on Wing Comdr. Gibson's account in "Enemy Coast Ahead"), and 1 more credit » |
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Michael Redgrave | ... |
Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.
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Mrs. Wallis
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Charles Carson | ... |
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Stanley Van Beers | ... |
Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.
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Colin Tapley | ... |
Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.
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Frederick Leister | ... |
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Eric Messiter | ... |
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Laidman Browne | ... |
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Raymond Huntley | ... |
Official, National Physical Laboratory
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Hugh Manning | ... |
Official, Ministry of Aircraft Production
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Patrick Barr | ... |
Captain Joseph 'Mutt' Summers, C.B.E.
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Edwin Styles | ... |
Observer at Trials
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Hugh Moxey | ... |
Observer at Trials
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Anthony Shaw | ... |
R.A.F. Officer at Trials
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The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first the objective looks impossible until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon capable of destroying the planned target. Written by Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>
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The story of the "bombs that had to bounce" - and the air-devils who had to drop 'em! See more »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Les briseurs de barrages See more »Filming Locations:
Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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A cut of the film was spiced up for the American market. Additional scenes of a plane crashing were later removed after it was spotted that Warner Brothers had used WW2 footage of a Flying Fortress. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: Guy Gibson is smoking a pipe in a first class railway compartment. The pipe smoke goes out of the window towards the engine i.e. in the opposite direction to what it should. See more »Quotes
BBC Announcer: [morning after the raid] This is London. The Air Ministry has just issued the following communique. In the early hours of this morning, a force of Lancasters of Bomber Command, led by Wing Commander G.P. Gibson DSO DFC, attacked with mines the dams of the Moehne and Sorpe reservoirs...See more »
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Referenced in "BBC Proms: Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (#1.7)" (2007) See more »
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